Charter Number 3848

 

Largo Flying Club 

R/C Aircraft Club Located in Largo Florida USA

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LFC / City of Largo Summer Youth Program  2010 Video & Pix

 

 City of Largo Summer Camp  Radio Control Flight Training
with the Largo Flying Club 2011 Photo Gallery

City Of  Largo Website
 

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Become A Member

Information on how to become a member of the Largo Flying Club


So You Want to Buy A Helicopter

Club Safety Rules

Here you will find the club Safety Rules. This is a must read for new members.


2012 Club Roster

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Enter the gate lock combination for the password as found on the back of your club card.


Electric Flight Explained

 By Robie R. Here I will make a attempt to explain the workings of Electric Flight


Flight Instruction

Current Students, Instructors and training documents,


Form Downloads

LFC document Downloads


Meeting Minutes

This page has the minutes from each months General & Board meeting


Membership Application

One click Membership Application Download


Newsletters

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Officers & Directors

A list of club officers & directors.


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Electric Power Definitions

Ampacity - The current carrying capacity, expressed in amperes, of a conductor under stated thermal conditions.

Ampere (Amp or A) - The unit of measure for current flow in electrical conductors or devices. May be AC or DC Amps.

Battery - An electro-chemical device used to store and generate electrical power.

Battery Charger - An electronic device that provides a controlled voltage and current to a battery to maintain the battery in a fully charged state. 

Battery Charger Modes - A Constant Current Rate of Charge Mode is used until the battery is just below float level. Once the batteries have reached this point, the charging mode changes to a Constant Voltage Mode (Trickle Charge Mode) that is used to maintain the float level of the batteries.

Current - The measure of electrical charge passing a particular point. Commonly measured in Amperes. See Ampere.

Current rating - The maximum current which a piece of electrical equipment was designed to carry or produce.

DC - Direct Current. Electrical current that flows in one direction only.

Full Load - The greatest load that a circuit is designed to carry under specific conditions; any additional load is considered an overload.

Impedance - Forces which resist (impede) current flow in AC circuits, i.e. resistance, inductive reactance, capacitive reactance.

k - kilo, used to express 1000 (10 to the +3rd power) times the standard unit.

m - milli, used to express 0.001 (10 to the -3rd power) times the standard unit, i.e. mA

Ohm (W) - The electrical unit of measure for resistance.

Ohm Law - The relationship between voltage (pressure), current (electron flow), and resistance. The current in an electrical circuit is directly proportional to the voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance. E=IR, or I=E/R, or R=E/I. Where E=voltage, I=current, and R=resistance.

Voltage (volt or V) - The International System of Units measure of the potential difference between two electrical points, i.e. between line and neutral conductors. Voltage is the electrical pressure which forces the current to flow in a conductor such as a wire.

Watt (W) - The unit of power in the International System of Units equivalent to 1 joule per second. The unit of measure for true power. Watts = VA x Power Factor

Watt-hour (Wh) - Electrical energy equivalent to 1 watt acting for 1 hour. This is also equivalent to 3.4136 BTUs (1 watt-hour = 1 joule/second x 3600 seconds/hour x 1 BTU/1054.6 joules = 3.416 BTUs).